"Venom" Spin-Off is Moving Forward

"Spider-Man 4" is currently in pre-production and Sony Pictures is planning two more future installments. And which all that going on, the studio is still pursuing the "Venom" spin-off.

"Zombieland" co-writer Paul Wernick spoke to Sci-Fi wire about their work on the "Venom" script. "We've written two drafts of Venom, and the studio has it," said Wernick. "They're pushing forward in whatever ways they push forward."

There is a chance that the new "Spider-Man" movie could set up the "Venom" spin-off. But when the writer was asked about the relationship between the two films, he was tight-lipped. "We can't really talk about that, unfortunately," he said. "Basically, the studio and Marvel and the Arads are taking our drafts and going beyond and figuring out what's the next step."

this movies gonna suck balls. its gonna be Catwoman all over again. if they go really dark with him fighting carnage,it mite have a chance. they should just bring him back for a sequel, be evil for a bit,maybe along witn carnage til he realizes the big threat he is.then set up for a spin off. its hard to do a spinoff when u kill the character off.

I'm getting tired of spin-offs, the usually suck. Spin-offs and just continuing to make sequels even when they suck are just pointless. (i'm not talking about movies that were a book series first, even if not my thing at least they make sense for the most part.)

I don't see Venom having the fan base required to make this fly (sorry Venom fans... he doesn't have the decades behind him Spidey does). And I don't think he's a strong enough 'stand alone' character (I have those same thoughts about 'The Hulk'... and look at his box office failings, and he DID have decades of readers).

This could be a pretty decent film if they use his last limited series as an outline. Venom is captured after a battle with Spidey and contained by the government. They keep him on a research base in the Arctic doing experiments on him, trying to clone him. He breaks free and possesses people a la John Carpenter's The Thing.
Writing him back to life is probably a neccessity for Spiderman 6, if they're really going to do the Sinister Six.

hmm...i look at 'venom spin off moving forward' as something either incredibly vivid and great (which is highly likely to be, given my best educated decision on comic movies being good like the cartoons) or otherwise, in the words of J. Jonah Jameson, it'll be 'crap....CRAP....megacrap...i'll give you 200 bucks for all of em' haha

On topic, Venom movie? No thx. Seems like a money grab off of a series that is sorta hanging in the balance as it is after the third one was kinda panned by everyone ya know? Hopefully it doesn't stink...

They could still use Brock. The symbiote heals its wearer from any wounds, so there's a good chance he could still make it, even with the burst open ribs.

But really, all they need to do is stick Eddie Brock in a coma dying from his injuries, and have the hostless symbiote escape its captors to get back to Brock's body and heal him. The man has died at least twice in the comic that I recall, and he always comes back. They all do.

@Ranger Very true. And not only is the fanbase lacking, Spiderman, Hulk, Ironman, X-Men, were all marketing favorites. I don't see kids going to school with Venom backpacks or McDonald's / Burger King / Wendy's running some kid's meal tie-in for Venom. Hell even as dark as the Nolan Batman series has been, it was still a marketing coup. I just don't see that happening with Venom. My wife's in advertising and she says Venom relatively unmarketable to kids and to even attempt it would be ridiculous. You would have to kid him down to aim it at children and it would end up alienaiting the older set which is more Venom's territory. You just can't market a villain on his own.
Persoanlly, I think they should just do this as a stand alone. Don't set it up in the Spiderman movies and go with completely different actors, director etc. In order for a Venom movie to be relavant in my opinion, it needs to distance itself from the Spiderman flicks and the Sam Raimi campiness they portray.

@theDot - good post. I agree. I mean... I'm a comic book collector from way back. Venom was after my day. And like you (your wife) says, Venom with kids (they may like it, even if they did, their parents wouldn't). I wish (really wish) the Industry didn't think anything comic book is movie material. Even The Hulk with his 40 years in print is a push. But, Iron Man, Captain America, Spidey... and Superman (if they can ever get off their collective asses!)... all good, strong characters.

@trig - I know EXACTLY which posts have been deleted (some were even mine). And I (honestly, sincerely) don't blame WP for a second. They were off-topic. I don't think WP gives a rats ass about debate on here (what would this site be without it). But personal slams back and forth continually and off-topic has been CLEARLY expressed to us all. The posts deleted (edited) should have been.

will it be topher grace again?...he wasn't even that big of an actor before playing venom...the least they could have done was pick somebody who was more built...i mean who knows if topher grace is even built now...still wouldn't mean he was right for the part

Bah - cgi - fast food movie - Venom will be the "good villain". Bad villain will have some memorable/unmemorable death = fall off on fire from a building and a pavement machine goes over him. Finis.
Little plastic Venoms at McDonalds, kid bike at Toy's R Us, video game rushed because it will sell if it has Venom name stamped on it, rock soundtrack, score soundtrack, official movie book, special Marvel comic book adaptation... Oh - Jesus W. Bush... I wanted to go on a trip on the space shuttle but when I learned that they were coming back I changed my mind.